Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-01-05 | Page 13 | Star Figures to Own Loss

STAR FIGURES TO OWN LOSS WASHINGTON Jan 5 21 Clark Griffith president of the Washington Senators baseball team paused while mailing out player contracts today to tell this one We had a southern boy who had had a fine season so when contract time came around I wrote him that we were offering him a one-fourth one raise in pay pa Griffith said he received an in indignant indignant in- in letter from the player three da days s 's later saying You offer a one-fourth one raise in pay After the way I played last year I want a one-fifth one raise or Til ru quit baseball The pla player whose player whose er whose batting average average average aver aver- age was better than his arithmetic had had his way